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The CDC Diaspora Fights Back

Jonathan Cohn The Bulwark
How America’s scientific army is trying to stand up for public health—and stand up for itself.

The US Warships off Venezuela Aren’t There To Fight Drugs

Guillaume Long Center for Economic and Policy Research
The military build-up off Venezuela’s coast is a slippery slope towards an armed conflagration, far greater suffering for the Venezuelan people, regional destabilization and a potential political quagmire for the United States

Cuomo Embraces Islamophobia in Waning Days of Mayoral Campaign

Yoav Gonen and Claudia Irizarry Aponte The City
The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost imagining mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city.

What Next After No Kings Day II?

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Last Saturday brought out about seven million Americans in joyous protest. How to turn protest to power? The hopeful news is that Americans in all parts of the country demonstrated energy, resolve, and solidarity.

When I Look at Zohran Mamdani, Here’s What I See

Meher Ahmad The New York Times
It’s a confounding time to be Muslim in this country. A degree of Muslim culture I would have never thought possible when I was a kid is now imbued in the lexicon of Americans. I’m still a little shocked every time I hear non-Muslims say “inshallah.”

Tidbits-Oct. 23 -Reader Comments: Defeating Fascism; Red Scare: Then, Now; Amazon Plan-Replace Half Million Jobs; Gaza Ceasefire; Human Toll of Gaza War; Remembering Arthur Waskow; Young Republicans-Young Fascists; Letter From Jewish New Yorkers;

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Reader Comments: Defeating Fascism-Learning From History; Red Scare: Then, Now; Amazon Plan-Replace Half Million Jobs; Gaza Ceasefire; Human Toll of Gaza War; Remembering Arthur Waskow; Young Republicans-Young Fascists; Letter from Jewish New Yorker
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